Hubble Image of LRLL 54361 and its Surroundings (IMAGE)

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Hubble Image of LRLL 54361 and its Surroundings

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This infrared image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows an image of protostellar object LRLL 54361 and its rich cosmic neighbourhood, a region called IC 348. The protostar, which is the bright object with fan-like beams of light coming from it, located towards the right of the image, is letting off flashes of light every 25.3 days.

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NASA, ESA, and J. Muzerolle (STScI)

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